Linux-Misc Digest #761, Volume #24 Fri, 9 Jun 00 11:13:06 EDT
Contents:
SCSI Drive Failure ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel preoblem,can't login ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to change text mode? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel preoblem,can't login (DB)
indybox? (Fernando Diaz)
Re: Cut and Paste in Linux/KDE.... (The Almighty One)
Re: NEWBIE considering Linux (Leonard Evens)
Apache Trouble! (Steve Hunt)
Re: What distribution is most popular? (Rod Smith)
Bad magic number. Help !!! (Liaven)
Re: Open Source Windows Based X Server? (Rod Smith)
the 1024 cyl limit ("Kent A. Signorini")
Re: how to change text mode? (Craig Allen)
desktop question ("Kent A. Signorini")
Re: How do I uncompress .tar.bz2? (J Bland)
Re: desktop question (Martin Herrman)
Re: the 1024 cyl limit (Martin Herrman)
Re: NEWBIE considering Linux (Rod Smith)
Re: Bad magic number. Help !!! (Dances With Crows)
Re: the 1024 cyl limit (J Bland)
Re: booting 3 OS's on one machine win98-win2k-linux
LiLo ("Dmitry")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCSI Drive Failure
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 13:57:26 GMT
Hi,
The machine is an old Dell Omniplex 590 with a SCSI harddisk. After
having the computer on for a while, the following message shows up:
Kernel panic: scsi: unsupported message byte 1 received
In swapper task - not syncing
then the computer freezes, and has to be turned off and on again
(cannot do a soft reset).
I wonder if perhaps the scsi module file was corrupted, or if the
harddisk itself is toasted.
If anybody has seen such a message before and knows a solution, please
come forward. Thank you.
Sherif Hanna
Engineering Specialist
Bell Mobility
2920 Matheson Blvd. East
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 5J4
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: kernel preoblem,can't login
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 13:56:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
jeffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when i start my linux,it shows a command say that i my kernel got
> problem,that stuck in there,how can i solve this?
> thanks
Er you should try to include some more detail, like what exactly
does it complain about. You might consider using either a working boot
diskette or the install floppy that came with your distro, do you have one?
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annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to change text mode?
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:04:05 GMT
In article <8hqnkn$pg3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (x86 obviously)
>
> I have lilo start linux up with 50 rows in text mode. How can I change
> it on the fly to 25? Something comparable to the old mode co80,25 kind
> of thing.
>
Insert this in /etc/lilo.conf: vga=ask
THen run lilo so the system will recognize the new conf
Reboot but stick around, it will prompt you for video mode selection
(1=80x25, 2=80x30, etc)
Leave the ask in there for a couple more reboots so that you can
decide which one you want. Once you've made a decision, it's a simple
matter of changing the line to vga=thenumber, running lilo, and
VOILA. The succeeding reboots will always have that video mode
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Post it right here, but if you must, I'm also at
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From: DB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel preoblem,can't login
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 06:09:48 -0800
Boot from floppy and recompile?
DB
jeffrey wrote:
>
> when i start my linux,it shows a command say that i my kernel got
> problem,that stuck in there,how can i solve this?
> thanks
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From: Fernando Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: indybox?
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:21:21 -0400
Has anyone been in contact with indybox in the past few weeks? My phone
calls and emails go unanswered. Just wondering if they still exist.
Thanks.
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From: The Almighty One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Cut and Paste in Linux/KDE....
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:25:16 GMT
gotta give M$ a brownie point for that : highlight, ctrl-c to copy, click,
ctrl-v to paste
global clipboarding ...
Tux wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Is there some way that I can use cut and paste procedures in KDE...
> I'd like to be able to have a "global" clipboard that all my programs
> can cut and paste from.... Has anyone successfully done this... For
> instance, when I'm trying to quote lines from a text file or error log,
> I'd like to be able to cut the text from one program (text editor/xterm)
> and then paste to my email client... Otherwise I have to go and put
> the file in my email as an attachment...
>
> Is there another method of doing this...??? Thanks...
>
> Trevor...
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEWBIE considering Linux
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 09:11:31 -0500
Ryan wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I apologize for disturbing everyone with newbie questions, but I'm sure
> that someone out there will be glad to help. I have only Windoze
> experience. I am getting a new comp (Dell P3 650mhz) and I am inexplicably
> tempted to try out Linux. I have read that you can partition hard drives
> and run Win98 and Linux on the same machine? I don't know much about MS-
> Dos, so I am a little leery of screwing things up. Is there something
> like "the" book to read, or "the" website to visit? What do I need to know
> in order to not ruin anything? Thanks for your time!
> Ryan
> "Long live Napster!" - George Washington
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
Let me just address one point; others will give you more extensive
answers.
Dell ships its Windows systems with files at the end of the
partition which can't be moved by defrag. In order to install
Linux, you first have to resize the Windows partition. The
standard tool that comes with Linux distributions, fips, can
do this only if the windows partition has first been completely6
defragged. The easiest solution is to get Partition Magic and
use it to resize the windows partition. It works quite well and
is not limited by the defrag problem. But I would suggest not
installing Partition Magic in your windows partition because
that sometimes can lead to problems. Instead use the installation
wizard to make a PM emergency disk, boot from that, run PM
and resize. It is quite simple.
Dell ships with a copy of windows hidden away on the disk outside
the Windows partition. After you have resized and installed
Linux, this won't do you any good. If they don't also provide
you with a copy of the Windows installation CD, you will be out
of luck if something goes wrong and you have to reinstall.
This would happen even if you didn't install Linux but your
hard disk died. Make sure they send you a copy of the Windows
CD. After all you've paid for Windows and you should be able
to use it to deal with various possibilities.
Suggestions have been made that MS is pressuring vendors not
to ship installation CDs, perhaps to discourage people trying
out Linux.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Steve Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache Trouble!
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:30:05 GMT
I am trying to use Apache Server 1.1.12 on Red Hat Linux 6.2. I have done
all of the standard configuring, and whenever I try to view my page, I get
an error saying "Forbidden. You don't have permission to access / on this
server. Apache 1.1.12 Server at http://10.130.10.247 Port 80" I set the
document root as /myjunk/websrv and it still doesn't work! Please Help!
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: What distribution is most popular?
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:34:27 GMT
In article <8hq7ku$gqt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]*del*> wrote:
>: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>:>a monitor driver ??? there are no drivers in linux (only modules) and
>:>certainly no monitor drivers. Had you installed Debian or Slack and gotten
>:>X to work you wouldn't be writing such things.
>
>: Ok, ok, so I'll call it a module then.
>
> Noooooo. You don't understand. Monitors Do Not Have Drivers. OK?
> They are conected to a video card. The o/s drives the card. The card
> drives the monitor. The o/s knows nothing about which monitor is
> conected to the card, or even if you have a monitor conected to the
> card or not.
>
>: However you wish to term it, my monitor was not supported, but
>
> Your monitor IS supported. Any monitor is supported.
>
>: I was able to enter the refresh rate ranges from the old manual.
>
> There you are!
I think you're talking at cross purposes here. Although there are no
drivers, modules, or what have you for monitors, X configuration
utilities do routinely include lists of monitors that a user can select.
Michael seems to be describing a situation in which his monitor was not
included in the list provided by whatever X configuration utility he was
using. So in some sense it's true that his monitor was not "supported,"
even though, as you point out, it's possible to get it working by
entering the data for the monitor.
One further meta-comment: Most modern monitors and video cards support
two-way communication so that the OS can discover the monitor's
supported resolutions and set them automatically. I have yet to see any
evidence that this is supported by XFree86. Has it been added in XFree86
4.0, by chance? This is an important area where Linux still lags behind
Windows.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Liaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bad magic number. Help !!!
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 16:41:59 +0200
Hi
When i try to mount /usr/local (partition hdc3) after to mount /
(hda1) the system says:
fsck.ext2(NULL)
The superblock could be not read or does not describe a correct ext2
fylesystem, ....
Then, says that superblock is corrupt and try to use e2fsck command
with -b 8193 parameter
. But when i try it, the system says:
Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda3
Please, i need help because i have all my sources codes in
/usr/local and they are like my childrens
Thank you
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Open Source Windows Based X Server?
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:38:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Banks) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak) produced the following pearl of
> wisdom:
>
>>I did see a site. WeirdX (search http://freshmeat.net) is a Java OSS X
>>Windows client, though I never got it to work.
>
> I've seen that one, and got it to work (after a bit of fiddling) but
> it's quite slow - VNC is probably better (as long as your in the Win32
> environment) - if you were on a MAC or something similar WierdX is
> probably the way to go.
Actually, VNC is available for MacOS, although the last I checked it was
still officially in beta. Also, although Mi/X for Windows now costs $25,
the MacOS version is still free. Unfortunately, neither solution is
really all that great, IMHO; I've seen too many applications that don't
run or run strangely. The Mac's 1-button mouse doesn't help matters any
(even if you use a 3-button mouse, drivers tend to map those buttons to
keystrokes, which may or may not be useful with VNC or any given X
server).
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Kent A. Signorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: the 1024 cyl limit
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:38:48 GMT
In a previous post I sort of asked this question, but I'll be more direct
this time.
Provided /boot is completely below the 1024th cylinder, then should I be
able to create a / partition of any size? Or is there a limit to the
partition size of an ext2 partition?
Kent A. Signorini
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Craig Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to change text mode?
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:26:31 GMT
In article <8hqtg7$u7l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <8hqnkn$pg3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Craig Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > (x86 obviously)
> >
> > I have lilo start linux up with 50 rows in text mode. How can I
change
> > it on the fly to 25? Something comparable to the old mode co80,25
kind
> > of thing.
> >
> Insert this in /etc/lilo.conf: vga=ask
> THen run lilo so the system will recognize the new conf
> Reboot but stick around, it will prompt you for video mode selection
> (1=80x25, 2=80x30, etc)
> Leave the ask in there for a couple more reboots so that you can
> decide which one you want. Once you've made a decision, it's a simple
> matter of changing the line to vga=thenumber, running lilo, and
> VOILA. The succeeding reboots will always have that video mode
Thanks for the answer, but I want 50 lines for almost everything I do,
so I'd like lilo to start me up in 50. Sometimes, however, I'd like to
use 25 lines, and I don't want to have to reboot to get it! So how do
I change the current mode on the fly??
-Craig
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From: "Kent A. Signorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: desktop question
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:42:24 GMT
I've also asked a similar question in another post, but I'll rephrase it as
I've not yet heard answers that I was looking for:
I would be interrested to hear a comparison of strengths/weaknesses of GNOME
vs KDE and also of Enlightenment vs someotherwindowmanager. Please offer
your opinions as I am trying to make an informed decision. The more the
better.
Thanks again,
Kent A. Signorini
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: How do I uncompress .tar.bz2?
Date: 9 Jun 2000 14:44:14 GMT
>Hello,
>
>I recently downloaded some ALSA sound drivers for my linux box. How
>does one uncompress .tar.bz2 exactly? I'm used to .tar.gz or some other
>dirivative, but have not seen .bz2.
Bzip2 is simply another compression system, like gzip, but based on a
different method of compression. It generally gives higher compression
ratios, but at the expense of lots of CPU and RAM. So, it's great for
storage or distribution but not for anything you're going to be
(de)compressing very often.
GNU tar will handle it in a similar way as .tar.gz archives ie
tar xvIf file.tar.bz2
where the I flag uses bzip2 to filter the archive.
If you're stuck on something without GNU tar or with an old version which
doesn't support bzip2 the following will do pretty much the same thing
cat file.tar.bz2 | bunzip2 | tar xvf -
or various other combinations of pipes etc.
Frinky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman)
Subject: Re: desktop question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 09 Jun 2000 14:48:18 GMT
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:42:24 GMT, Kent A. Signorini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I've also asked a similar question in another post, but I'll rephrase it as
> I've not yet heard answers that I was looking for:
>
> I would be interrested to hear a comparison of strengths/weaknesses of GNOME
> vs KDE and also of Enlightenment vs someotherwindowmanager. Please offer
> your opinions as I am trying to make an informed decision. The more the
> better.
Just try them yourself :-) It is a manner of taste..
Facts:
- KDE: nice, need a good machine, often used, stable
- GNOME/Enlightenment: very very nice graphics, crashes regularly, default on
redhat, thus often used too, need good machine
- Windowmaker: used on slower machines (p166, 64 mb ram), stable, nice looking,
able to show app docks
- Ice wm: very good in performance, not so nice pics (but who cares? :-), stable
I'm using icewm on my 233mhz mobile pentium with 32 mb ram, workst great.
Martin
>
> Thanks again,
> Kent A. Signorini
>
>
>
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Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
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Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman)
Subject: Re: the 1024 cyl limit
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 09 Jun 2000 14:49:12 GMT
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:38:48 GMT, Kent A. Signorini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> In a previous post I sort of asked this question, but I'll be more direct
> this time.
>
> Provided /boot is completely below the 1024th cylinder, then should I be
> able to create a / partition of any size? Or is there a limit to the
> partition size of an ext2 partition?
no, there is no limit to the size of a partition. The 1024 cylinder problem
is solved with the new version of lilo.
Martin
>
> Kent A. Signorini
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
--
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Linux RedHat 6.1 Kernel 2.2.14 Toshiba P233 MHz, 32 Mb RAM
4:40pm up 6 days, 23:55, 4 users, load average: 0.48, 0.19, 0.07
Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: NEWBIE considering Linux
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 14:50:54 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all,
> I apologize for disturbing everyone with newbie questions, but I'm sure
> that someone out there will be glad to help. I have only Windoze
> experience. I am getting a new comp (Dell P3 650mhz) and I am inexplicably
> tempted to try out Linux. I have read that you can partition hard drives
> and run Win98 and Linux on the same machine? I don't know much about MS-
> Dos, so I am a little leery of screwing things up. Is there something
> like "the" book to read, or "the" website to visit? What do I need to know
> in order to not ruin anything? Thanks for your time!
Well, "the" book on multi-booting is my own _Multi-Boot Configuration
Handbook_ (http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/). I can say it's "the"
book on the subject because (AFAIK) there are no others on that subject.
In terms of Linux documentation more generally, you can start online at
http://www.linuxdoc.org, which has all of the "official" generic Linux
documentation, such as the Linux HOWTOs. There are also some
newbie-oriented Linux web sites, such as http://www.linuxnewbie.org and
http://www.linuxmall.com/resources/nlm/. There are many introductory
Linux books, if you prefer something printed. _Running Linux_ is highly
regarded and will probably take you further than most, but is perhaps
not quite as newbie-friendly as some. I've got a bunch listed at
http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-linintro.html. Note that
introductory Linux books can be roughly broken up into two groups:
General-purpose books and distribution-specific books. If you know what
distribution you want to run, the latter can be more helpful, but
they're also less portable from one distribution to another, in case you
give one distribution a try and then decide you want to try something
else.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Bad magic number. Help !!!
Date: 09 Jun 2000 10:53:32 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 16:41:59 +0200, Liaven
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> When i try to mount /usr/local (partition hdc3) after to mount /
>(hda1) the system says:
> fsck.ext2(NULL)
> The superblock could be not read or does not describe a correct ext2
> Then, says that superblock is corrupt and try to use e2fsck command
>with -b 8193 parameter
> Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda3
You said earlier that hdc3 was the problem. Why are you messing with hda3
then? Anyway, read the man page for e2fsck and you'll find that there are
a few options. If the sparse-superblock flag was turned on when the
filesystem was made, then the backup copy isn't at 8193, but 32768 or
32769. Try that. Or read the Ext2-fs Undeletion HOWTO and see if you can
recover text (text ONLY! binary data is completely lost) from the raw
device. As a last resort, read the man page for mke2fs and pay attention
to the -S option.
> Please, i need help because i have all my sources codes in
>/usr/local and they are like my childrens
You keep your children safe with seat belts in the car, locks on the
doors, and education in basic common sense. You keep your data safe with
regular backups. Make sense?
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up with more
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: the 1024 cyl limit
Date: 9 Jun 2000 14:53:39 GMT
>In a previous post I sort of asked this question, but I'll be more direct
>this time.
>
>Provided /boot is completely below the 1024th cylinder, then should I be
>able to create a / partition of any size? Or is there a limit to the
This is what I do on all my machines, it just makes life easy (unless
Windows is lurking around making life hard for you).
>partition size of an ext2 partition?
I've never encountered one yet in normal use. I think there is a limit but
it's in the area of TBs, so unless you're running a mammoth system you don't
need to worry.
Although, if you've got a big harddisc you may want to look at setting up
partitions for /usr, /opt, /home etc as this can make upgrading and
recovering from screw-ups easier. And ResierFS and such are about now (SuSE,
at least, lets you install to ReiserFS partitions now).
Frinky
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: booting 3 OS's on one machine win98-win2k-linux
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:59:11 -0400
Hello, I was unable to see the suggestions put forth due to a finicky news
server on my side .
What you're aiming at seems to be something like my system :
OK, I use 2 hdd's 8GIG ( master slow bigfoot )and a 6GIG (slave faster
fireball . This has my "Games" partition )
hda1 /boot ( linux boot with lilo . Boots everything ) 50 MB
hda2 w2k ( Boots itself and nothing else ) ( NTFS 5 ) 2GIG
hda3 win98 ( fat32 ) 1GIG
hda4 Extended
hda5
And more
The thing to do in this case is to install Linux last ( because win2k's
installer "checks" ext2 partitions and screws them up. I've already dun a
linux re-install because of this. I can still remember the chill I felt when
the w2k installer accurately identified the hard disk and methodically
trashed Linux partitions ), but to keep some space for a linux primary
partition for the boot files and lilo to be placed in.
How did I do it ?
1) boot linux installation , and get to the fdisk part.
2) put in the partitions for linux boot( 30 MB ) , w2k( 2Gig) , and
in98( 1Gig) .
3) install win98 into the 1 GIG ( After setting hda3 as active).
4) set hda2 active ( so that win2k thinks it is on it's own), and install
w2k.
5) set hda1 active and run linux install.
6) After linux is up and running ( run level 3 suggested ), edit
/etc/lilo.conf to have the other operating systems entries as well.
7) run lilo .
8) reboot.
This is what I see on boot up
LILO:< press TAB>
Linux NT5 win98
LILO:
in your case, you would have to make sure that you have a linux boot
partition within 1024 cylinders.
The reason NT keeps complaining is that for some @!#*&% reason, it wants to
keep a copy of the boot sector, and when you choose to boot another
partition, it refers to it's copy, completly ignoring the MBR's definition.
So when you change the MBR, youhave to change this copy as well.
Personally , I find lilo much easier to deal with . all I have to do do is
edit /etc/lilo.conf
Let it be the primary boot loader and net NTLDR boot NT , and nothing else.
unless you want to boot 98 as well with it. ( "To each it's own" seems to be
a good thing with Microsoft products )
joseph
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From: "Dmitry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: LiLo
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 18:03:25 +0300
Hello !
I'm new to Linux.
I've got a bit of a problem with my LiLo.
I want DOS to be the default operating system.
My LiLo.conf looks like :
###################
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
linear
default=dos # I thought this would be enough but Linux is
still being loaded by default
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
other = /dev/hda1
label=dos
######################
What do I have to change ?
Thank you in advance.
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